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From the archive: Another scene at the Commonshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/24/suffragettes-protest-house-of-commons
Originally published on 24 October 1906<p>Late yesterday afternoon a number of suffragettes, including most of the leaders of the movement, gathered in Palace Yard and attempted to force their way into the inner lobbies of the House. As they flatly refused to desist the police were compelled to eject them, and ten women were afterwards taken to Cannon Row Police Station. The suffragettes took the police by surprise, and but for the rush of members from the inner lobby to the outer they would have stormed the Members' Lobby and swarmed in on the floor of the House. Their shouts and cries attracted members to the outer lobby, and these went in such numbers as successfully to repel the attempt to rush the House of Commons.</p><p>It appears that police were put off their guard. [The women] came in twos and threes, the leaders and more prominent members of the movement waiting in Palace Yard while their comrades, who happened to be unknown to the police, represented that they were come to keep an appointment with members. The suffragettes hung about the lobby in little groups, and then, at a given signal, one of the party leaped upon a chair and began to make a speech. She got as far as &quot;Friends and comrades&quot; when she was seized by a burly constable. Immediately another woman leaped upon the chair. Simultaneously from all parts of the lobby women began shouting &quot;We want votes.&quot; They acted with great determination, some crawling underneath the barrier, and for some time the utmost disorder prevailed, the lobby being crowded with strangers and with members talking to their friends. There was no attempt on the part of the suffragettes at a concerted meeting. Some stood on chairs, some on benches, and others tried to clamber on to the statues. From every side came shouts of &quot;We will have votes,&quot; &quot;You men dare not give us justice.&quot;</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/24/suffragettes-protest-house-of-commons">Continue reading...</a>FeminismGenderEqualityWorld newsSocietyProtestHuman rightsWomen in politicsPoliticsWomenLife and styleHouse of CommonsLawFri, 23 Oct 2009 23:06:19 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/24/suffragettes-protest-house-of-commonsCentral Press/Getty ImagesA police officer tries to remove a suffragette from the railings outside Buckingham Palace. Photograph: Central Press/Getty ImagesGuardian Staff2009-10-23T23:06:19Z